🇺🇸State: Michigan
Compliance for Michigan Studios
Syyn covers Michigan compliance requirements for tattoo and piercing studios, including state-specific age rules, licensing, and record-keeping.
Compliance Requirements
Age and Consent Rules
- Tattoo: consent allowed, written_in_presence.
- Piercing: consent allowed, written_in_presence.
- Intimate piercing: 18+ only.
- Michigan: For minor procedures, the parent/legal guardian must provide proof of authority (minor birth certificate or legal guardianship proof).
Licensing Requirements
- MI: Michigan licenses body art facilities through MDHHS rather than issuing a separate statewide artist license. Facility licenses are renewed annually.
Sterilisation and Record-Keeping
- Sterilization records required.
- Retention period: 24 months.
- MI: MDHHS body-art facility rules require monthly biological indicator testing of each sterilizer, and sterilization monitoring records must be retained for at least 2 years.
Session Documentation
- Written aftercare documentation recommended.
- Federal overlays: OSHA bloodborne pathogen standards, FDA ink safety.
Key Legislation
- State body-art and health department legislation applies.
- Federal overlays: OSHA bloodborne pathogen, FDA tattoo ink safety, state privacy laws, TCPA/SMS obligations.
Information is operational guidance only and not legal advice.
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